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How far have you had to pack out meat on your back? Boned out or quarters? Any stories welcome.

Elk quarters and venison halves: about 3 miles one way.

I prefer not to relive some of that mess.

Elk are bigger on the ground...remember that! Have fun!

0.0 Miles.. got equine?

3 miles...in a wheelbarrow. It only works going downhill.

That is great!I remember during the 2nd trip of a 9 hour pack out my buddy saying "don't give ANY OF THIS AWAY!!!" Lol!!

A Bull about 3 miles. 3 guys, 2 trips, up and down, up and down, 15 years ago. Never again.

this is precisely why I now have llamas

Boned out on packs, a little over two miles. Two different bulls. First one three of us packed out. Second one two packed it out. several trips on both bulls.
Look forward to doing it again!

Around 3 miles, boned out (never pack out bone) two guys and a kid, 1 trip, over 100 lbs per guy. Not fun, but have done it quite a few times. I'm a slow learner.

5.5 miles one way. 11 mi. round trip. 4 guys and we got the whole elk out in one trip. We hit the trail at 7:30 AM and it was pushing 4:00 PM when we got out. The toughest part was the 2000' climb out of the hole to the ridge top trail. After that it was just hiking with a load. Not really that bad when you have help, know you will be done after one trip or two, and everyone is in decent enough shape.

Honestly, I always enjoyed packing meat. It meant success was had and with our group it meant a team effort to get the animal out. Nobody whined or complained. Over the years, the packing has always balanced out pretty well; you help a hunting partner and he helps you when you need it.

Except for a mountain goat I killed at 13,000 ft, I have never done it. Maybe 100 yards with quarters to get to the mules. Even a sheep, I loaded it where it fell.

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We had 2 big bulls down in 2 days. Me and my stepson with a hernia. He could do under 30lb. Thankfully it was cold with snow on the ground. His bull took 7 trips, large Roosevelt herd bull, Mine was a raghorn 3x4 for 5 trips. The real problem, his was about 1.2 miles from camp, due south. Mine was 1 mile west of his and about 1 mile from camp. Made for 3 very long days of packing meat, after I had skinned/quartered both. I would do it again, gladly.

2 bull elk in 2 days is a lot of work. Your area of Lapine is sure some pretty country.

Thank God Most of my pack outs have been less than a mile and one per season.

Longest was 4 miles back to camp. Some of my worst were much shorter but straight up hill. I'm a fairly big guy and can pack meat with the best but my one buddy Kirk is a beast. We packed an Az bull out of a nasty hole and weighed the packs at the butcher shop- his was 142#- he had me by 5# and I outweigh him by 40#.

I had a scary one in Co. I ended up hunting solo while waiting to meet some buddies and shot a bull down in a nasty hole W of Durango. I left the bull to go get my frame and when I came back to bone him out he was covered in yellow jackets. I'm allergic to these and always have Benedryl in my pack- my other pack that is.

Got stung 4 times on my left hand and the swelling was moving up my arm- I was getting nervous. An hour boning and 1 1/2 hour up the hill to the truck and benedryl- took a break and the swelling went down and packed 2 more loads in the rain- early archery- and done at dark. I try to always have an Epi pen or benedryl now, JIC.

I've packed elk and deer by wheelbarrow, backpack, and tied to a pole slung over our shoulders back east when VA required deer to be checked whole. The worst by far was a 140-lb buck tied to a pole slung over our shoulders, it was in 1985 after a bad flood. We came down a drainage 3 miles with some serious big deadfall and boulders to dodge, the trail was obliterated.

Compared to that, boned-out elk meat in a good backpack is a great way to spend a day or two. You just can't be lazy and try to limit yoursself to one or two trips, you have to be willing to split the load up and do more walking.

1.5 hour up the mountain with 100 pounds of meat in each pack and at the same time there was 8-10 inches of snow on the ground, it was very hard work but I would do it again if I could.

1 trip off the side of a steep mountain with a cow. No fuss, no work. One of them was only a yearling at the time and was just along for the ride. Now they could easily handle the biggest bull on the mountain.